Human-Environment Interactions – serie
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23 produkter
Cattle Bring Us to Our Enemies
Turkana Ecology, Politics, and Raiding in a Disequilibrium System
Häftad, 2004
476 kr
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An in-depth look at the ecology, history, and politics of land use among the Turkana pastoral people in Northern Kenya Based on sixteen years of fieldwork among the pastoral Turkana people, McCabe examines how individuals use the land and make decisions about mobility, livestock, and the use of …
Sustainable Land Management in a European Context
A Co-Design Approach
Av Thomas Weith, Tim Barkmann m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
551 kr
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This open access book presents and discusses current issues and innovative solution approaches for land management in a European context. Manifold sustainability issues are closely interconnected with land use practices. Throughout the world, we face increasing conflict over the use of land as well …
Sustainable Land Management in a European Context
A Co-Design Approach
Av Thomas Weith, Tim Barkmann m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
769 kr
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This open access book presents and discusses current issues and innovative solution approaches for land management in a European context. Manifold sustainability issues are closely interconnected with land use practices. Throughout the world, we face increasing conflict over the use of land as well …
Food and Livelihood Securities in Changing Climate of the Himalaya
Inbunden, 2023
1425 kr
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This book provides viewpoints on a cross-sectoral, multiscale assessment of food and livelihood security in changing climate, the main global threats of the 21st century. Climate change, directly and indirectly, influences several aspects of food security, primarily in the farming and livestock …
Food and Livelihood Securities in Changing Climate of the Himalaya
Häftad, 2024
1425 kr
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This book provides viewpoints on a cross-sectoral, multiscale assessment of food and livelihood security in changing climate, the main global threats of the 21st century. Climate change, directly and indirectly, influences several aspects of food security, primarily in the farming and livestock …
Sustainable Local Development for Environmental and Social Sustainability
Av Bhanwar Vishvendra Raj Singh, Amit Kumar Batar
Inbunden, 2024
1752 kr
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The world organizations, including national governments, have already recognized the importance of the Aichi Biodiversity Target, the Paris Agreement, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR), Low Carbon Society. Therefore, there is an urgent need to …
Sustainable Local Development for Environmental and Social Sustainability
Av Bhanwar Vishvendra Raj Singh, Amit Kumar Batar
Häftad, 2025
1752 kr
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The world organizations, including national governments, have already recognized the importance of the Aichi Biodiversity Target, the Paris Agreement, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR), Low Carbon Society. Therefore, there is an urgent need to …
Under Pressure?
Living with Climate Change and Environmental Hazards in the Past and Now
Av Marcel Bradtmöller, Sonja B. Grimm m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
569 kr
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This open access book gathers different case studies of resilience and coping strategies in hunter-gatherer societies who were confronted with natural hazards. Joined in this book, authors display a range of strategies how people could face natural hazards and climate change, how they manage stress …
Social Ecology
Society-Nature Relations across Time and Space
Av Helmut Haberl, Marina Fischer-Kowalski m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1970 kr
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This book presents the current state of the art in Social Ecology as practiced by the Vienna School of Social Ecology, globally one of the main research groups in this field. As a significant contribution to the growing literature on interdisciplinary sustainability studies, the book introduces the …
Land Use Competition
Ecological, Economic and Social Perspectives
Av Jörg Niewöhner, Antje Bruns m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1098 kr
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This book contributes to broadening the interdisciplinary knowledge basis for the description, analysis and assessment of land use practices. It presents conceptual advances grounded in empirical case studies on four main themes: distal drivers, competing demands on different scales, changing food …
Socio-Metabolic Perspectives on the Sustainability of Local Food Systems
Insights for Science, Policy and Practice
Av Eva Fraňková, Willi Haas m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1643 kr
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This book delves into diverse local food systems and critically assesses their ecological and societal benefits and trade-offs, their limits and opportunities for improving sustainability of food production, and framework conditions which either hinder or promote their development. More and more …
Social Ecology
Society-Nature Relations across Time and Space
Av Helmut Haberl, Marina Fischer-Kowalski m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
1970 kr
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This book presents the current state of the art in Social Ecology as practiced by the Vienna School of Social Ecology, globally one of the main research groups in this field. As a significant contribution to the growing literature on interdisciplinary sustainability studies, the book introduces the …
Land Use Competition
Ecological, Economic and Social Perspectives
Av Jörg Niewöhner, Antje Bruns m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
1067 kr
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This book contributes to broadening the interdisciplinary knowledge basis for the description, analysis and assessment of land use practices. It presents conceptual advances grounded in empirical case studies on four main themes: distal drivers, competing demands on different scales, changing food …
Socio-Metabolic Perspectives on the Sustainability of Local Food Systems
Insights for Science, Policy and Practice
Av Eva Fraňková, Willi Haas m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
1207 kr
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This book delves into diverse local food systems and critically assesses their ecological and societal benefits and trade-offs, their limits and opportunities for improving sustainability of food production, and framework conditions which either hinder or promote their development. More and more …
Long Term Socio-Ecological Research
Studies in Society-Nature Interactions Across Spatial and Temporal Scales
Av Simron Jit Singh, Helmut Haberl m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1643 kr
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The authors in this volume make a case for LTSER’s potential in providing insights, knowledge and experience necessary for a sustainability transition. This expertly edited selection of contributions from Europe and North America reviews the development of LTSER since its inception and assesses its …
Human-Environment Interactions
Current and Future Directions
Av Eduardo S. Brondízio, Emilio F. Moran
Inbunden, 2012
1643 kr
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Drawing on research from eleven countries across four continents, the 16 chapters in the volume bring perspectives from various specialties in anthropology and human ecology, institutional analysis, historical and political ecology, geography, archaeology, and land change sciences. The four …
Urbanization and Sustainability
Linking Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice and Global Environmental Change
Av Christopher G Boone, Michail Fragkias
Inbunden, 2012
1643 kr
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Case studies explore the Million Trees initiative in Los Angeles; the relationship of cap-and-trade policy, public health, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental justice in Southern California; Urbanization, vulnerability and environmental justice in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, …
Urbanization and Sustainability
Linking Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice and Global Environmental Change
Av Christopher G Boone, Michail Fragkias
Häftad, 2015
1643 kr
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Case studies explore the Million Trees initiative in Los Angeles; the relationship of cap-and-trade policy, public health, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental justice in Southern California; Urbanization, vulnerability and environmental justice in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, …
Human-Environment Interactions
Current and Future Directions
Av Eduardo S. Brondízio, Emilio F. Moran
Häftad, 2014
1643 kr
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Drawing on research from eleven countries across four continents, the 16 chapters in the volume bring perspectives from various specialties in anthropology and human ecology, institutional analysis, historical and political ecology, geography, archaeology, and land change sciences. The four …
Long Term Socio-Ecological Research
Studies in Society-Nature Interactions Across Spatial and Temporal Scales
Av Simron Jit Singh, Helmut Haberl m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
1643 kr
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The authors in this volume make a case for LTSER’s potential in providing insights, knowledge and experience necessary for a sustainability transition. This expertly edited selection of contributions from Europe and North America reviews the development of LTSER since its inception and assesses its …
Ester Boserup’s Legacy on Sustainability
Orientations for Contemporary Research
Av Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Anette Reenberg m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
551 kr
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Arising from a scientific conference marking the 100th anniversary of her birth, this book honors the life and work of the social scientist and diplomat Ester Boserup, who blazed new trails in her interdisciplinary approach to development and sustainability.
Xavante in Transition
Health, Ecology, and Bioanthropology in Central Brazil
Av Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Nancy M. Flowers m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
552 kr
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The Xavánte in Transition presents a diachronic view of the long and complex interaction between the Xavánte, an indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon, and the surrounding nation, documenting the effects of this interaction on Xavánte health, ecology, and biology. A powerful example of how a …
Xavante in Transition
Health, Ecology, and Bioanthropology in Central Brazil
Av Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Nancy M. Flowers m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1340 kr
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The Xavánte in Transition presents a diachronic view of the long and complex interaction between the Xavánte, an indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon, and the surrounding nation, documenting the effects of this interaction on Xavánte health, ecology, and biology. A powerful example of how a …
